Volleyball Cruises Past Dolphins for Fifth Straight Win

Friday, November 6

Jacksonville, Fla.

5 pm

Lipscomb University

17-5,10-2ASUN

Jacksonville

10-15,4-7ASUN

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Lipscomb	25	25	25	3
Jacksonville	17	21	21	0

Box Score (PDF)

Kelsey Schenck setting up for a Bisons Kill

11/6/2026 7:05:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As the season begins to transition from regular season play to postseason play, the Lipscomb University Volleyball team (17-5, 10-2 ASUN) extended its winning streak to five matches with a sweep of Jacksonville University (10-15, 4-7) to begin the penultimate weekend of regular season play on Friday night from Swisher Gymnasium.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Bisons opened the first set with kills from Madyson McCarthy, Kelsey Schenck and Ella Durham for a 3-0 lead, then used Schenck's serve to turn a 5-2 edge into a 9-2 advantage.

The Dolphins scored the next four points to get within 9-6, but the Bisons pushed back to 14-7 with help from a Grace Jones service ace and a Sydney Strenger kill.

The lead reached 17-10 on Anna Claire Brown's service ace, and the Bisons moved ahead 21-13 after a Durham kill, a Strenger ace and a Dolphins attack error.

JU fought off two set points after LUV reached set point, 24-15, but Brown finished the set with a kill for a 25-17 Bisons win.

In the second set, after Jacksonville moved in front 6-3 behind early kills from Abbie Tuyo and Haley Yount, Lipscomb worked back with kills from Durham, Grace Jones and McCarthy, and McCarthy's consecutive kills put the Bisons ahead 8-7.

The Dolphins pushed back to a 15-13 lead, but Anna Claire Brown had three kills during a four-point Bisons run that turned the set to 17-15. Jacksonville scored the next two points to tie it at 17-17, before Brooklyn Fuchs' kill and a Grace Jones ace restored a 19-17 Lipscomb edge.

The Bisons stretched the lead to 22-18 on a McCarthy kill, a Dolphins attack error and a Strenger kill, moved to 24-19 on McCarthy's service ace and closed the set 25-21 on Durham's kill from Schenck.

After the third set was tied at 5-5, LUV moved ahead 12-7 behind three kills from Brown and additional kills by Strenger and Schenck. JU cut the margin to 14-12, but a service error, Ella Durham's ace and Madyson McCarthy's kill pushed the visitors back in front 17-12 before Brooklyn Fuchs answered a Dolphins ace with a kill for an 18-14 lead.

The Bisons stretched the advantage to 22-16 on a Dolphins setting error and Durham's kill, and after the Dolphins moved within 23-21, Durham delivered a kill for set point and Brown finished the 25-21 win.

HERD NOTES
With its 10th ASUN win of the regular season, Lipscomb records double-digit wins in conference play for the ninth straight season and the 18th time out of the last 19.

After committing seven errors on 38 swings for a .132 percentage in the first set, LUV posted 34 kills and eight errors for a .366 attack percentage in the last two frames.

KEY STATISTICS
Anna Claire Brown totaled four kills in the third set and finished the match with 10, as seven different players recorded a kill.

Sydney Strenger, Madyson McCarthy and Ella Durham each had eight. Strenger got to double figures in points with an ace and two assisted blocks.

McCarthy led the receptions with 13 digs, while Grace Jones added 11.

Kelsey Schenck put together her 15th double-double of the season with 34 assists and 10 digs.

UP NEXT
LUV's trip in Jacksonville will conclude at North Florida on Saturday evening at 6 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. CST.